Author: kappawp

We’re coming up on that time of year when it gets cold almost everywhere and indoor activities are the order of the day. Fortunately, GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES is here to help you through the winter doldrums. This issue will …

With every New Year come new challenges—and that’s especially true in this issue of GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES. If honing your puzzle-solving skills is at the top of your list of resolutions, you’ve come to the right place.

First things first: I’d like to thank everyone who sent us kind words and fond reminiscences prompted by August’s 40th anniversary issue. Our editors enjoyed learning about the role GAMES has played in your lives. For example, reader Howard Kestin …

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One of the entries in “Vowel-uable Words,” NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, does not contain the vowel A and thus does not fit the category. All of the other answers in the list contain all of the vowels, including Y. NEUROPSYCHIATRY …

RADIO MIX

By DJ Dee

Our favorite DJ Dee Jay never forgets a tune, but when it comes to remembering names, he’s, well…hopeless. Yesterday’s playlist included 24 popular bands of the past and present, and Dee managed to get every

Many thanks to those of you who have been playing along with the GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 40th Anniversary Clue Challenge. Here is a list of all the answers, along with the quip spelled out by their first letters and

Join us as we celebrate our 40th anniversary with this special issue. In it, we pay tribute to the very first issue of GAMES—September/October 1977—and all the great issues that have followed it over the years. If you remember that …

Droplines

by Joel Nanni

An interesting quotation by Simon Pegg has been fit into the diagram below, though you’ll have to rearrange the letters considerably to find it. Looking at each column of letters vertically, distribute the letters in it